Brief Life History of Alexander Drumgoole
When Alexander Drumgoole Wilson was born on 7 April 1817, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, his father, George W. Wilson, was 30 and his mother, Ruth Drumgoole Springston, was 25. He married Rebecca McNair Riley on 22 May 1845. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 23 March 1858, in Tahlequah, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Alexander Drumgool Wilson - Published information: birth: 1817; Cherokee Tribe, Native American
- Alexander Drumgoole Wilson, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Wilson in entry for Susan R. Huitt, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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